President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the €250-million deal signed between the government of Ghana and the German government to upgrade Ghana’s electricity transmission infrastructure, is a “big vote of confidence” in his administration by the German government. The government of Ghana, on Tuesday, 14 January 2020, received, as part of Germany’s Compact with Africa programme, €250 million from the government ...

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says the 2020 population census will come off even though the scheduled date might change. The exercise was to take place in March but the Service says it might be deferred due to observation made during the field mapping exercise. Media reports suggest the exercise might be cancelled altogether. However, in a statement, the GSS urged ...

Graduate nurses and midwives who are yet to be employed by the Ministry of Health after the completion of their education have threatened to organise a street protest against the government on January 28, 2020 in Tamale. According to them, the government’s failure to employ them with the excuse of not having the financial muscle to pay them is untenable. ...

A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, says the timing of the prosecution of the owners of defunct banks UT Bank and Beige Bank is questionable. According to him, the arrest and immediate prosecution came moments after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo hinted at government bringing the persons found culpable in the ...

Nigerian Inspirational Speaker and Preacher Rev. Dr. Sam Adeyemi has urged the Jospong Group of Companies, owners of waste management giants Zoomlion Ghana Limited to run with strategic human resource principles to be able them maintain a strategic team that will help it maintain a strategic position in order to keep the pace in their industry. He said strategic leaders ...

The Greater Accra Regional Football Association Capo Mr. Samuel Aboabire has called on the newly appointed Vice President of Sahel sporting club and the owner Of Afro-Arab group of companies Alhaji Salamu Amadu at the Afro-Arab group office in komelemle. Mr. Samuel Aboabire affectionately called Katar used the opportunity to congratulate Alhaji Salamu on his appointment as the Vice President ...

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and member of the opposition NDC party, Kojo Bonsu says he’ll gladly accept a running mate position if he’s nominated as he believes he’s well qualified. According to him, he’ll be very excited to partner the NDC flagbearer ex-President John Mahama to wrestle power from the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) ...

The former Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, says the manner in which she relayed information to the public as CID boss is one of the things she wished she had done better. Speaking on the sidelines of a forum organized by the National Lottery Authority (NLA) on Tuesday, January ...

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says it will soon begin to ground transport companies whose drivers do not adhere to road regulations. It comes after 34 Ghanaians perished in a road accident at Dompoase near Komenda in the Central region Tuesday. Preliminary investigations have blamed the incident on overspeeding from the drivers. Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning ...

A mother of eight has been confirmed dead in another lorry accident at Abrepo Highways junction in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. The accident, according to Suame Police command, occurred around 2:am. Six other passengers who sustained major injuries have been rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for emergency medical attention. The cause of the accident is not yet ...